- 1(informal) excellent; wonderful I feel absolutely terrific today! She's doing a terrific job. You look terrific in that dress. He was really terrific when I was in trouble. That's terrific news! (ironic) So nobody's coming. Terrific! Thesaurusgreat
- cool
- fantastic
- fabulous
- terrific
- awesome
- great (informal) very good; giving a lot of pleasure:We had a great time in Madrid.
- cool (informal) used to show that you admire or approve of something, often because it is fashionable, attractive, or different:I think their new song's really cool.
- fantastic (informal) extremely good; giving a lot of pleasure:I had a fantastic vacation in Mexico.
- fabulous (informal) extremely good:Jane's a fabulous cook.(Fabulous is slightly more old-fashioned than the other words in this set.)
- terrific (informal) extremely good; wonderful:She's doing a terrific job.
- awesome (informal) very good, impressive, or enjoyable:The show was just awesome.
- to have a(n) great/fantastic/fabulous/terrific/awesome time
- to look/sound great/cool/fantastic/fabulous/terrific/awesome
- really great/cool/fantastic/fabulous/terrific/awesome
- absolutely great/fantastic/fabulous/terrific/awesome
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- 2(informal) very large; very great I've got a terrific amount of work to do. We drove along at a terrific speed.
Check pronunciation: terrific